May 6-12 is National Nurses Week what a time to be a nurse.
As I sit in my office, I stop for a moment to reflect on what a year it has been. As a public health nurse for the Westford Health Department, and an adjunct clinical instructor for Middlesex Community College, I wanted to share my story.
May 2020 stopped everything and everyone in their tracks. One minute, I found myself at my office, going about my daily business, and the next, I was forced to work from home at my dining room table.
I began working seven days a week, struggling to keep up with the COVID cases in town. Luckily, school nurses came to my rescue to help with contact-tracing, and the continuous onslaught of COVID cases.